First Principles

Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as […]

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Here’s a roundup of some of the happenings of Nevada’s blogosphere over the weekend, in case you were off having a life or something. ~~~ Will NPRI’s separation of powers lawsuit continue forward?  There are clearly grounds for moving forward, even if the original defendant is no longer directly impacted, and eventually, a sitting legislator […]

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The other day these guys were protesting on the sidewalk between my office and the courthouse.  I thought they were just a regular #Occupy protest, and most of them looked the part.  (Yes, how you dress matters, hippies.  If you want to be taken seriously, shower, shave, take the fishing tackle out of your face, […]

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OK – it’s really the “Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada”.  But while their acronym is catchier and far less awkward (oh, thesaurus, you totally left me hangin’), mine is much more accurate. Consider this recent post about the #Occupy “movement” by PLAN’s state director, Bob Fulkerson, wherein he: Openly advocates criminal activity; Equates the protesters […]

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My family and I love Halloween.  Every year we get bigger and better decorations for the house, and I’ve discovered that trick-or-treating is even more fun as an adult passing out candy or going around with a toddler than it ever was when I was a little Freddy Krueger or Orko. Last night was the […]

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I think it’s a testament to the core goodness (or at least the desire to be good) of most people that we don’t, for the most part, want to take things that don’t belong to us, and that we aren’t entitled to.  It’s not that people don’t, of course.  But when they do, most people […]

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The problem with living off of other people’s money is not just that you eventually run out of it – it’s that in the meantime you also wind up having to play by other people’s rules. Well, unless you’re so self absorbed that you think you have a “right” to that money, indefinitely.  Or if […]

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Or, An Accidental Admission that “Taxing the Rich” Won’t Help I listen to lefty talk radio sometimes.  No, not NPR – I gave that up awhile ago.  No, I’m talking about the real deal, the hard core lefties who try to out-Rush Rush.  I tell you what – nothing will reaffirm a guy’s conservatism more […]

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Well, no big surprises.  He made the same promises that he made a year ago, and the only difference is that now we can be even more sure he won’t keep any of them. The big takeaway from me on this was just how unserious this speech was. 

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What do you call it when a gift is forced on you, “for your own good” as well as the good of your family and neighbors? And then what happens when you try to give that gift back, and aren’t allowed to? What happens when the response to the attempt to give that gift back […]

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Last week, UCONN’s men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun put the press conference beatdown on a sniveling reporter who tried to speak truth to power by asking him about his big salary of $1.6 million per year in a time of vast budget deficits.  The coach pointed out that his efforts earn $12 million per year […]

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A friend of mine and I were recently discussing the role of government in acting morally, or rather, its role in a moral society.  The area of contention was whether there was a moral imperative for a government to provide for the needy, and if that was a “legislation of morality.” My belief is that […]

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Every liberal I have ever heard talk to be about how terrible President Bush is, from fellow law students to the Democratic Presidential candidates, talk about how the Great Middle Class, the Backbone of America, is harmed or shrinking or “losing.”  Hillary Clinton tells us, “After six and a half years of Bush administration policies, […]

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